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Elida Kristine Undrum Jacobsen
Doctoral Researcher
Email: elida@prio.no
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Research Interest

Critical Security Studies; Surveillance technologies; Biometric identification technologies; Peace and Conflict Studies; Postcolonial Theory; Gender Studies

Her ongoing PhD project investigates contemporary national biometric identification in India.

Working Experience:

  • Jan 2011- present: Doctoral Researcher at PRIO
  • August 2007- present: Academic Program Manager for BA program in Peace and Conflict Studies in South Asia in Pondicherry, India. By Kulturstudier and Høgskolen in Oslo og Akershus.
  • August 2008-2010: Researcher at PRIO
  • 2007: MA Stipend at PRIO.

Education:

  • 2011- present: PhD candidate in Peace and Development Studies at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden
  • 2007- MA in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Castellón, Spain
  • 2005- BA in Journalism, Middlesex University/ Harlow College, London, UK

Member of editorial communications team:

  • 2012- present: International Political Sociology (Wiley/Blackwell)

Languages spoken:

Fluent Norwegian, English, French, basic Hindi

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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum (2012) Unique Identification: Inclusion and Surveillance in the Indian Biometric Assemblage , Security Dialogue 43(5): 457–474.

Book Chapter

Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum; & Lidén, Kristoffer(2012) Theoretical Challenges for Assessing Socio-Cultural Sensitivity in Governance and Conflict Resolution [15 May] Norms and Premises of Peace Governance. Socio-Cultural Commonalities and Differences In Europe and India. : Berghof Foundation(25–30).
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum(2011) Friðr: A Northern European Perspective The Palgrave International Handbook of Peace Studies. a Cultural Perspective. : (67–86).

Master Thesis

Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum (2007) Norwegian Media Discourses and the Middle-Eastern Other. Identity and Security.Universitat Jaume 1, .
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum (2007) Norwegian Media Discourse and the Middle-Eastern ‘Other’: Identity and Security. MA thesis, Peace, Conflict & Development Studies, Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Castellón, Spain, .

Conference Paper

Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum; & Lidén, Kristoffer 2011 Theoretical Challenges for Assessing Socio-Cultural Sensitivity in Conflict Governance, presented at CORE, , .
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum 2012 Identification and Financial Inclusion: Gendering the biometric enrolment of homeless in Delhi, presented at 2012 annual NFU conference: Development for a Finite Planet: Grassroots perspectives and responses to climate change, resource extraction and economic development, , .
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum 2012 Ethical and Societal Implications of National Biometric Identification, presented at New Delhi: The High Level Privacy Conclave, , .
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum 2008 'Our' values and the 'Other': The West, Islam, and (Counter) Discourses of Enmity in the Mass-Media, presented at Propaganda: War and Biopolitics, Oslo: HL Senteret, , .
Jacobsen, Elida Kristine Undrum 2008 Media Coverage of Islam, presented at Popular Lecture. Oslo: HL Senteret, , .